MOVE CONGRESS 2025 SUSTAINABILITY
POLICY
Vision
Our vision is to make MOVE Congress 2025 a leading example of how large-scale grassroots sport congresses and events can operate sustainably minimising environmental impact, maximising community engagement, and inspiring participants to embrace greener practices in their own contexts. We recognise the environmental cost of hosting an in-person event, yet our goal is to set a positive example by demonstrating that, while such events inevitably have a climate impact, they can still be organised in ways that significantly reduce and offset their footprint.
Mission
Our mission is to embed environmental sustainability into every aspect of MOVE Congress 2025 from planning and operations to programme content and legacy by working closely with youth leaders, partners, suppliers, participants, and the ISCA community. We aim to make sustainability both visible and actionable before, during, and after the event, setting an inspiring example for other sport event organisers, especially in grassroots sport sector. We recognise that challenging traditional event models is not easy, but through MOVE Congress 2025 we commit to challenging ourselves and, in turn, encouraging other organisers to do the same. We want to create a lasting legacy of knowledge, inspiration, and networks empowering organisations to deliver more sustainable events in the future, in close cooperation with Sport Event Denmark and our other sustainability partners.
Definition of Sustainability
For MOVE Congress 2025, sustainability- first and foremost environmental sustainabilitymeans planning, delivering, and following up on the event in ways that minimise its environmental footprint, maximise positive social and cultural impact, and create a legacy of change. From ISCA’s side, this involves embedding sustainable practices into every stage of the Congress working with youth leaders, partners, suppliers, and participants to make greener choices in areas such as transport, catering, waste, energy, and water use. Sustainability for us is not only about reducing harm, but also about inspiring grassroots sport
organisations and event organisers to challenge traditional models, adopt innovative approaches, and make environmental responsibility a visible and actionable part of their events. We therefore do not focus specifically on the governance aspects of sustainability, while social sustainability is so fundamentally embedded in our work and impact that we do not treat it as a separate policy area (i.e. addressing Environmental, Social, and Governance as distinct silos).
Scope
This Sustainability Policy will apply to the MOVE Congress 2025. We intend to build on the MOVE Congress policy and legacy to refine and apply the policy for future large scale ISCA events, including future MOVE Congresses
Objectives and Targets
1. Reduce environmental footprint through responsible resource management in catering, waste, energy, water, and transport.
2. Engage and empower youth (GenGreen Project participants) to co-lead environmental sustainability communication and inspire behavioural change.
3. Promote sustainable mobility by encouraging cycling, walking, and public transport use.
4. Ensure transparency and accountability by measuring and reporting on sustainability indicators.
5. Create a legacy by sharing the MOVE Congress’s green practices and lessons learned for future events.
Strategy for Implementation and Monitoring Indicators & Monitoring
- % of participants travelling sustainably in Copenhagen
- Volume of waste diverted from landfill.
- Litres of bottled water avoided.
- Social media reach of green campaign posts.
- Number of participants engaged in gamified sustainability activities.